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Despite criticism, on a recent tour of the facility Green Hill School Interim Superintendent Jason Aldana said the focus remains on setting young offenders on a new and better path.

Editor’s note: This is the second installment in a two-part series on Green Hill School. To read the first article, visit  https://tinyurl.com/2f8pvkhc.   Despite criticism, on a …

Careful spending and new state laws should help ease the loss of federal pandemic aid, according to advocates. But they also say longer-term child care fixes are needed.

Legislation aimed at enhancing the oversight for foster children whose biological parents struggle with substance use has stalled in Olympia, but it could be revived.

Supporters of House Bill 1397, known as the Oakley Carlson Act, gave emotional testimony during a committee meeting on Friday. The proposal moves to hold DCYF more accountable when foster kids are returned to their biological parents.

Allison Krutsinger is the Director of the Department of Children, Youth, and Families Office of Government Affairs & Community Engagement. She discussed some department initiatives at our 2022 Inland Northwest State of Reform Health Policy Conference. 

Social determinants of health have a significant influence on the overall health of Washingtonians, and several health care organizations are working on projects that aim to improve the effects they can have on residents.

We are now just two weeks out from the 2022 Inland Northwest State of Reform Health Policy Conference! The conference will feature 15 breakout sessions and over 50 curated speakers who will talk through some of the most pressing issues facing Washington's health care system.

The state has renewed efforts to keep kids released from foster care and detention centers from becoming homeless.

Following an NPR investigation, the Department of Health and Human Services issued guidance to state and county officials that lets them stop charging parents whose children are placed in foster care.